Printing device



July 17, 192s. 1,677,449

H. E. HUBBARD PRNTIN@l DEVICE Fil'ed May 5, 1927 Patented July 17, 1928.y

*los'rran stares enfant fl HENRY n. Huisman, or CHICAGQIILLINOIS, AssIGNoRRYMRsNE'AssIeNMnN'rs,

'ro AnnREssoGR-APH COMPANY, or cnicaeoyfnnINoIs, lA'coRroRn'rroN 'or nnfjn- WARE.

PRINTING JDLEVEGE.

:Application led May 5,

This invention relates to improvements in printing devicesof that class which comprise a plurality of printing forms and an .information card carried by ya frameand adapted to be storedlin accordancewith a cardindex system or stacked in a pile, and run through an' addressing or other printing machine for taking an impression from the lform. These devicesarevused-not only foriprinting addresses, but they are now made to ,print a great deal of additionalv information, parts of which are liable to the frame.

Theinvention alsoihas for its vobject to f construct and dispose the retaining means in a novel l'manner so that the printing-plate sections maybe made ofrelatively'lar-ge size without increasing the size of the frame. Y i

In the accompanyingy drawings I `have Ai'llustrat'ed -my invention inra preferred fembodiment'in which: v y Fig. 1:"is a front elevation o'ftheprintin'g device. v j

Fig. 2 is a rear'elevation.l s Fig. ySis an 'edge View Ipartly in sectionl on fthe line 33 of. Fig. v1, and i Fig. 4 is a section'on `theline, 4 4- of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings `the frame is providedat its top with a bead-6 and at its bottom with abead 7 -on the frontfthereof and lat its ends with spacing flanges 8 onV the back thereof. There are three separate and 'independent printing plate sections removably mounted on the frame and each bearing type characters embossed thereon. All ofthese sections are engaged with `and disengaged from the frame by endwise movement and any one of them may be insei-ted or removed from the frame without disturbing either of the other sections. The section 9 is held in ythe frame beneath the 1927. :serial No. massi.. i,

bead 7, the lip 121at-one end and tliegloc'king device 1.8,at tlieotherl end. c Thisnloclting device is in the form of a tonguefformediiby cutting away 'some of theim-aterial of ithe frame, as {best shown in Fig. 2, and it is ,provided with a stop 13 ,to engage the end of the 'plate section-9 vopposite the end which is engaged by the flip 12. The plate section 9 hasayprozjection 14 at ythe end which lis l device, and-.this 'proje'ction extends upwardand is engaged bya lip -14 -onffthe frame, fthe section .10 being cut away at 14: to accommodate the lipllv.

engaged `by the locking The middle plate section 10 isheld onv the f frame beneath-the lip 15 at oneend, the'lips 16 land 1.7 engagingthe top ande-.bottonil edges respectively of the section at lthe oppostte endof the ysectionand tlielocli'ngidevice18 havii'i-g Aa stop 18v -toengage'the end ofthesection betweenthe lips lfand 17.

The Asection 11-is held ony the frame 'bef neatli vthelip 19 whichyengagesone'end -of y the section, the'lip '.20 'which engages they bottom 4edge of the section `at the ,corner beneath the lip 19,;-the top -lips 21, the locking device-22 having thestop 22 4and ithefl'ip 23 engagingthe bottom edge -of the -sectionfat tlievcorner 'below the locking device 221 j The `upper-cornerfofithe lower section 9 is slightly cut awayat 2l atthe'end which is` first inserted in the frame, to accommodate the'lip' 17. The middle section 10 isp'rovided with projections onits lower edge toengage the top v`edge -of the lower section '9.

. Thevupper corner oftheiniiddle section is slightly cutfaway at '26"at the end whic'his first inserted int-heframe yto accommodate the lip 23. The lip 2O is spaced'fromthellip 16 and the lower corner of the upper section 11 is `cut laway .at `27v-'at the 4en'd Yofthe section which is -first inserted yin the 'frame lto accommodate the-lip 20,'and` this section is provided with projections 28 on its lower edge to engage th'etop edge of the middle section 10. Thetopedgeof the yupperfplate 11 is -cut away'at 19at the end which is first inserted in the frame to insure clearance from the lip 81. I prefer to provide the lower edges of the sections 10 and 11 with the contact projections 25 and 28 at or adjacent the ends of the sections because it is found that this facilitates insertion and" removal of the sections by reducing the edge contact of the sections. The middle section is inserted in the frame by sliding it endwise from ri ht to left over the locking device 18 and t ie upper and lower sections are inserted in the frame by sliding them end- Y wise from left to right over theplocking devices 13 Vand 22 respectively. The construction of the plate sections and the constructionand arrangement of the retaining device and it may be an impression from one of the plate sections, or a part thereof, or it may bear other information data. The cardy is insertable in and removable from. the frame in a somewhat similar manner to the printing'p'late sections. The card is located .at the topof the frame above the upper plate section 1l and over a plurality of keepers` 33 which receive one or more removable tabs 34. The invention provides a'frame and plate ysection construction which has been found to be highly desirable in special classes of work,v the-plate sections can be easily inserted and removed from the frame separately without affecting each other, they are held -in substantially fixed position in the frame in edge contact toinsure proper line spacing, and the retaining means are disposed on the frame in a manner which Will permit the plate sections to be easily inserted y and removed and which will hold them in proper position on the frame and which do not weaken the frame for the purposes for `which it is intended.

While I intend and prefer that the devices sh'all be made, as they have been made, as illustrated in the drawings as herein described, I reserve the right lto make such changes in the form, construction and arrangement of parts as come Within the scope of the following claims.

1 I claim: e

1. A printing device of the character described comprising a frame, and three separate printing plate sections removably secured in place thereon one above the other in edge contact one with thel other, said frame having retaining means stamped therefrom to engage andvhold the plate sections, the middle section being insertable in and removable from the frameat one end thereof and the upper andfy lower sections being insertable in and removable from the frame at the other end thereof.

2. A' printing device of vthe character described comprising a frame, and Vthree separate printing plate sections removably secured in place thereon one above the other .and in edge contact one with the other, said frame having retaining means stamped therefrom to engage and'hold the plate sections,`and said means comprising a yieldable lo'cliing device for each plate'section to engage an end thereof and lips'to engagel edges thereof, said locking devices beingdisposed alternately at the ends of the frame to engage oneend of the middle Vsection and the oppositeends of the upper and-lower sections, whereby the middle section is insertableV in and removable from the frame over yits locking device at one end of the frame and the upper and lower sections are insertable in and removablefrom the frame overv the locking devices at the other'end of the frame, andr 'the lips aredisposed with relation to the sections to permit edge coni tact of the sections and the endwise insertion and removal of the sections without4 interfering one with another.

3. A printing device of the character described comprising a frame, and three separate printing plate sections removably vsecured in place thereon one above the other and in edge contacty one with the other, said frame having retaining means vstamped therefrom toy engage and lioldthe platesections, and said means comprising a locking device to engage one end of the rmiddlev plate section and locking devices to engage i the opposite ends ofthe upper and lower plate sections, a lip to engage thev end of each plate'section opposite the end which is engaged by the locking device, a lip located above the locking device to engagev the upper edge of the lower plate section, lips above and below the locking device to engage the end of the middle plate section, a lip below the locking device'to engagethe end of the upper plate section, a lip to engage the lower corner of the end of the upper plate section which is engaged bythe end lip and the lower corner of this'end of theupper plate section-being cut away to accommodate the lip for the upper corner of the middle plate section.

HENRY n. i-IUBBARD. 

